Bill Text: IL HB3751 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, in addition to other activities, the Office of Economic Equity and Empowerment shall provide assistance to employment social enterprises. Defines "employment social enterprise".

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20)

Status: (Passed) 2026-08-07 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0765 [HB3751 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3751-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
is amended by changing Section 605-1032 as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-1032)
Sec. 605-1032. Office of Economic Equity and Empowerment.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Eligible not-for-profit corporation" means a
not-for-profit corporation, as defined in Section 101.80 of
the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986, that
primarily serves minorities, women, veterans, or persons with
a disability.
"Employment social enterprise" means a nonprofit or
for-profit organization that:
(1) demonstrates a mission to provide employment and
social supports with on-the-job and life skills training
to individuals with a barrier to employment; and
(2) provides services or produces or assembles goods,
or a combination of both.
"Office" means the Office of Economic Equity and
Empowerment.

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(b) The Office of Economic Equity and Empowerment is
hereby created within the Department. The Office shall assist
minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses,
veteran-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with
disabilities, employment social enterprises, eligible
not-for-profit corporations, and other underserved communities
and constituencies through targeted programs, resources, and
outreach and promotional activities. The Office may engage in
or conduct the following activities:
(1) promoting and conducting outreach efforts to
ensure access to State and federal funding opportunities,
and assisting minority-owned businesses, women-owned
businesses, veteran-owned businesses, businesses owned by
persons with disabilities, employment social enterprises,
eligible not-for-profit corporations, and other
underserved communities and constituencies in applying for
and receiving loan funds in the State;
(2) providing and hosting workshops and public forums
and engaging in outreach efforts for minority-owned
businesses, women-owned businesses, veteran-owned
businesses, businesses owned by persons with disabilities,
employment social enterprises, and other underserved
communities and constituencies to encourage participation
in programs under the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act, and assisting
those businesses in becoming designated under that Act and

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under similar certification programs;
(3) providing and hosting workshops and public forums
and engaging in outreach efforts that assist and educate
minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses,
veteran-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with
disabilities, employment social enterprises, eligible
not-for-profit corporations, and other underserved
communities and constituencies on the process of applying
for and becoming certified to apply for State grant funds
under the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act;
(4) providing and hosting workshops and public forums
and engaging in outreach efforts that assist and educate
aspiring and existing minority-owned businesses,
women-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses,
businesses owned by persons with disabilities, employment
social enterprises, eligible not-for-profit corporations,
and other underserved communities and constituencies with
understanding concepts including, but not limited to,
business formation and not-for-profit incorporation,
business planning, capital access, and marketing a
business or not-for-profit corporation;
(5) administering programs established by the
Department or the General Assembly to provide grants to
minority-owned businesses, woman-owned businesses,
veteran-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with
disabilities, employment social enterprises, eligible

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not-for-profit corporations, and other underserved
communities and constituencies;
(6) coordinating assistance for minority-owned
businesses, woman-owned businesses, veteran-owned
businesses, businesses owned by persons with disabilities,
employment social enterprises, eligible not-for-profit
corporations, and other underserved communities and
constituencies with other State agencies;
(7) providing staff, administration, and related
support required to administer this Section; and
(8) establishing applications, notifications,
contracts, and other forms and procedures, and adopting
rules deemed necessary and appropriate.
(c) The Office may use vendors or enter into contracts to
carry out the purposes of this Section, including, but not
limited to, engaging employment social enterprises as service
providers for workforce development, business training, and
economic empowerment programs.
(Source: P.A. 103-889, eff. 1-1-25.)